{"id":17726,"date":"2022-07-25T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thegreenlist.nl\/?p=17726"},"modified":"2025-01-12T14:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T13:44:08","slug":"which-fruit-and-vegetables-do-you-keep-in-the-fridge-and-which-do-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thegreenlist.nl\/en\/welke-groente-en-fruit-bewaar-je-in-de-koelkast-en-welke-niet\/","title":{"rendered":"Which fruit and vegetables do you keep in the fridge (and which do not)?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Inside no-time<\/em> brown bananas or mouldy tomatoes? Phoebe, then you haven't been paying attention. But ho, sometimes that happens so fast - guilty<\/em>! And so at thegreenlist.nl <\/em>like to know how best to preserve the most common fruits and vegetables. And we have come up with a fun assignment for that. Will you do it too?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Checklist to store fruit and vegetables properly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cucumber, tomato, lettuce, carrot and onion are the most wasted fruits and vegetables. That's what I learn from the Nutrition Centre's website. Well, at my house something more goes wrong. Suddenly I find myself with unasked avocado smash. Funny, yesterday it was still rock hard. Or a cauliflower that starts getting grey spots within a day of purchase. And summer fruit can also go insidiously hard. Hello family fluff! Fortunately, I am not the only one, as research by Milieu Centraal shows that an average Dutch person throws away 34 kilos of food and 45 litres of drink a year. That must include a lot of fruit and vegetables. Super sin! We really need to do something about that. In the spirit of a better environment starts with yourself, I dive into the vegetable drawer for a short assignment with myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where do you store fruit and vegetables?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I have to be honest: as a busy little bee, unpacking groceries does not usually have my full attention. Hup, just quickly put everything in the (fridge) cupboard. How do I know which fruit and vegetables should go in the fridge and which in the fruit bowl? Well I don't. I do it by feel, because I think I know. Apples in the fruit bowl, aubergine in the vegetable drawer... right? Well not quite so, I now know!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I got to work on my \u2018storage habits\u2019 and instructed myself to check where it belongs: in the fridge or outside with every fruit and vegetable purchase. So it turned out that very often I was wrong and my gut feeling was not correct. In the list below, I show in bold<\/strong> see which fruit and vegetables I was therefore storing in the wrong place. I consulted help in this regard: the Food Centre's storage guide<\/a> is ideal. What about your gut feeling?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Storage tip for fruit and vegetables<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Fruit and vegetables are best kept in their original packaging. Many people are against plastic, but plastic packaging can actually help food stay fresh for longer. Check out this interesting article: the truth about plastic packaging.<\/a> If you buy fruit and vegetables unpackaged, you can extend their shelf life by wrapping them in old newspaper or in a good sealable box<\/a> to do. Or to vacuum! <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Vegetables in the fridge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Which vegetables do you keep in the fridge?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n